Aha, finally after years I've had a new scam e-mail! Read and enjoy (or consider highly dull):

You're invited to: FOR YOUR ATM CARD.
By your host: MR.TUNDE Funde

Date: Friday November 7, 2008
Time: 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm (GMT +00:00)
Location:
Dear friend, I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft of $3,500,000.00Musd but did not heard from you since that time then I went and deposited the Draft with Continental Bank Of Benin here in Cotonou, Benin Republic, because I travelled to Japan for three months course and will not come back till next year February 2009. I have arranged with them to make your payment to you with their new ATM MASTER CARD which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE around the globe/world. You have to contact the Continental Bank Of Beninn with your full contact informations such as follows:1. FULL NAME :2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD 3. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER 4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION 5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION. However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your ATM Master CARD. DR. JORGE DOUGLAS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AN ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT

Will you attend? RSVP to this invitation

I haven't had that one, but I regularly get 'you are a prize winner in ..... draw' please contact XXXXX and claim your prize. these have included some claiming to be a 'Hotmail sweep', some bank in the UK, National Lottery in UK, and others claiming to be of benefit to me.

I established an account to respond and deal with some of these to see what happens and got no response.

So now the 'delete' button comes into play automatically

Here is a suggestion, if you never want to receive another spam email, go gmail!

Never need to delete, lose or have junk ever again! Best choice I made.

Hehe

Oh, but I like scam e-mails! Plus, it went to my university account and I can't help that. It's mandatory.

Oh, well, please disregard my previous post. I did receive some for a while on my first Uni account, I don't recall getting any at my second uni email account.

I did once get an email that had nothing in it whatsoever, or was from anyone and was dated 1971 or something. I was a bit bemused by that one, couldn't work out what happened there.

Well, how else would a timetravelling scam merchant catch you? They're wiley!

I agree, gmail has a fantastic spam filter.

You'd be a FOOL not to wait til February- there's a long-awaited book due then...


So, has anybody else had dealings with hotmail & its so-called "improvements"?

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Signature or shameless self-promotion?
You decide:

[www.myspace.com]

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The 'improvements' that mean I can't send e-mails from my Firefox-equipped Linux office computer anymore? THOSE improvements?

<Leaves space for imaginations to work out further comments>

I like gmail. I think it is wonderful that Google takes the time to hold all my personal information - whether I want them to or not.

<mutters darkly about gmail, linux, and the popularity of Wiis>

<prepares to defend gmail>

<searches for leather jacket in order to sew metal rings on for homemade armour>

Defend gmail? Is that even possible? Does homemade armour work in this instance?

Too many questions!

Egon.

Well, I thought perhaps I'd wrap my computer in the armour, so that I could sleep at night knowing that gmail is safe....

Indeed!

My latest is to get a post telling me I've got work writing reviews - high earnings to be made!!! I click on the link and straight away find I've mysteriously become a 'friend' of a Ciao member - pay is 0.0000005p per 120 words. If you're lucky.

I just got this email. Anyone heard of this mob? This is about the third one I have received in the last six months.

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Raffle Number: 56475600545 188&#8207;
From: McCue, Jonathan W (Jonathan.McCue@atkinsglobal.com)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: Monday, 24 November 2008 5:45:22 PM
To:
Winning Notification
This is to notify you that you have won £750,000.00 in
the British National Online Email Lottery held in UK.
E-mail addresses were picked randomly by computerised balloting
powered by the Internet. Your email address was amongst
those chosen for this period.
Raffle Number: 56475600545 188
Serial Number: 5388/02
Winning number: 05-11-13-17-44-48-(25)
Draw (#1055)
To claim your prize, please contact
***************************************
Agent Name: Mr. Richard Dawson
Agent : claimsoffice@uknational-elot.com
***************************************
Claims Requirements:
1.full name:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Sex:
5.Tele:
6.Occupation:
7.Country Of Residence:
8.Nationality:
9.Amount Won:
***************************************
Congratulations once more from all members
and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Dr.(Mrs.) McCue Jonathan W.
Online Co-ordinator
Send your details to claimsoffice@uknational-elot.com only for your prize processing/collection


This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be legally binding.

The ultimate parent company of the Atkins Group is WS Atkins plc. Registered in England No. 1885586. Registered Office Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5BW. A list of wholly owned Atkins Group companies registered in the United Kingdom can be found at: [www.atkinsglobal.com].

P Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.




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Is it worth responding?

All answers associated with chocolate will be considered.

Is it worth responding?

Was it chocolate on the Coogee Bay gelato?

[www.theaustralian.news.com.au]

I love how they used the word "internet" when they meant "Magic"

Got another one today. this time from British National Lotteries.

Hit delete sign in mailbox. Wonder. have marked this a 'Junk" at least once before, so how come it gets past the filter. Could it be that NotMacros*ft is getting a cut? If not directly but by connivance with perpetrators of this scam?

As is almost penniless doesn't worry about legal action. Can claim insanity on ground of being ex public servant and being married for 25plus years.